Most Helpful Positive Review

Apr 16, 2010

This went from a 4-star recipe cooked as written using a whole chicken to 5 stars when I doubled the sauce recipe and mixed it a plastic bag, then shook up a whole, cut-up chicken in it, and baked it for about an hour (I used parchment paper on the baking tray and poured the remaining sauce over the chicken). Outstanding flavor, and everyone loved it, even my picky husband. It's one of my staple recipes now.

This was a great change from the standard roast chicken. I did make a few substitutions-- I used chinese 5 spice blend in place of the spices, sesame oil in place of the veg. oil, and used Mirin in place of the sherry. I also only cooked it to 160F (it would have been toast if we'd gone to 180F). The adults and my 3 year old loved it. My five year old complained that it didn't taste like chicken, LOL!

I liked the basic concept of this recipe. The ingredients that were involved were simple. I did however adlib some of my own ingredients. I used sesame instead of fennel. I used tangerine juice in the sauce and the squeezed tangerines in the cavity of the chicken and I roasted breast side down for a juicier white meat. Overall though I think that it was a delicious outcome.

I made this with a couple of Cornish hens. I wanted as much flavor as possible so I injected marinade under the skin, and let it sit in the fridge all day. Turned out great. I served it with 'Bok Choy, Carrots and Green Beans' from this site. Good stuff. Thanks!

The flavor is definitely a welcome change from other roasted chicken recipes, although I did notice that more of the sauce would have made a big improvement. Also, I had pulled a leg off the chicken to test for doneness and just laid it in the pan while it all finished roasting. That piece was the best of all because it had soaked up the sauce and was very flavorful. The next time I make this I will use chicken pieces instead of a whole chicken and use more of the soy sauce mixture.

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